Canada Reveals (al Qaeda) 'Sleeper Cell' Contacts (With American A.Q. Cells)

The Washington Post ^ | Wednesday, December 25, 2002 | Dana Priest and DeNeen L. Brown

[kristinn]

Al Qaeda "sleeper cells" in Canada and the United States have communicated with each other as recently as this month, probably to plan terrorist attacks in the United States, Canadian intelligence experts said yesterday. The disclosure came in the wake of the arrest last week of a pizza delivery man in Ottawa who is suspected of being associated with the terrorist network of Osama bin Laden.

Canadian authorities decided to arrest Mohamed Harkat, 34, shortly after he made calls to suspected al Qaeda members in the United States, said Reid Morden, former director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, who has been in contact with the Canadian spy agency on the matter. Morden confirmed comments made earlier by Canadian officials speaking on condition of anonymity.

Canada's normally secretive spy agency alleged in a rare court filing that Harkat, 34, who was born in Algeria and has lived in Canada since 1995, is an associate of Abu Zubaida, one of Osama bin Laden's close associates. Zubaida, who was arrested in Pakistan in March and is in U.S. custody at an undisclosed location, identified Harkat to his interrogators, according to Canadian intelligence officials.

The Harkat case is the most recent example of a historically close intelligence relationship between the two countries that has become unprecedented in its intensity as Canada and the United States work to thwart a global terrorist network adept at crossing national borders.

[NetValue]

"and that most of them are located in the blue(Dem) areas."

Terrorism thrives in a politically correct environment where their rights to kill you get more protection than your right to defend yourself. Think about it. Dems worship at the altar of "diversity".

[ArcLight]

Looks like somebody kiked the map...

What's that mean?

[Odile]

Couldn't agree more. You said it in a nutshell.

[Odile]

I don't know where you got this map, but if the information on it is correct, things are even worse than I thought.

I have been urging the immediate deportation of all foreign Muslims, the closing of all Mosques, and the strict surveillance of all so-called "American" Muslims, since 911.

Most people I've met since forming that opinion have treated me as though I were out of my mind for even THINKING such thoughts.

Even the conservative culture seems to have become so imbued with political correctness that the idea of our government's acting pragmatically and taking direct action against the one easily identifiable faction that means to MURDER as many of us as it can seems impossibly abhorrent.

Why do you think we have become so unwilling to identify the obvious source of the biggest and most recent threat against us, and deal with it definitively?

I honestly believe we are INSANE to force a war with Iraq while we allow our borders to remain open and several million Muslims to run loose in our midst. To me that's just common sense, yet people point their fingers at me and say things like, "Get a grip."

I don't get it. Can someone help me understand why I am wrong? You're going to have to work hard to convince me.

[Las Vegas Dave]

Looks like somebody kiked the map...What's that mean?

The map which shows President Bush country in RED, the RATS in blue, was used [stolen].

Source:
[Stolen by] Steven Emerson, “American Jihad”
Free Press 2002

[Las Vegas Dave]

The Muslims that I have worked with (in engineering) are all
"CERTIFIED NUTCASES"!

Clearly not people of "peace"!

[fivecatsandadog]

yet people point their fingers at me and say things like, "Get a grip."

As you have experienced, a lot of people I know seem uncomfortable about my opinion, i.e. islam/muslim = terrorism. I think some people might really be afraid of the results of this war between cultures. We're slowly finding out that our neighbors can't be trusted, the enemy lives/has lived for years among us. So some people will refuse to see the light, and they'll follow the flock right into the lion's den rather than be ridiculed for being un-PC.

[TomGuy]

RE: Superimposed map.

I think the origin of the electorate/terror cells map is as follows:

Several months ago there were some articles about cells. There were also separate articles about the election. I suggested it would be curious to see one superimposed over the other. [I did not have an upload site and was in the process of re-stocking a new computer, so I didn't have the imaging/graphics software available at the time.]

Someone else took my suggestion and within minutes produced the election/terror cells overlay.

I think that is where the map shown in post #5 originated.

This original overlay concept was derived on FR and not in any newspaper. If any newspaper/media has used it, they borrowed the idea from here. The overlay may now shows up frequently with regard to terror cell discussions. The map was originated for comparative curiosity.

FYI

[PokeyJoe]

It means they borrowed it. purloined it. stole it. etc. etc.

[ArcLight]

It means they borrowed it. purloined it. stole it. etc. etc.

Oh, really?

kike ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kk) n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a Jew.

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[Origin unknown.]

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

[eleni121]

The terrorists arrested in Lackawanna NY (Outside Buffalo) told the reporters that they were all registered democrats. They said it as if it were a badge of honor!

[PokeyJoe]

Hmmm... good to know. Thanks.

[Aura Of The Blade]

My solution to the terrorist situation in Canada is that once a clandestine collection of evidence determines that a target has substantial connections with any terr organization or who has otherwise attended any terr training camp, would be immediate grounds for the target to be snatched and disappear for a period of absolutely and forever. This method would offer a permanent resolution to the situation and avoid the Canadian socialist backlash and negative publicity in the process.

I am certainly aware that not all muslims are terrorists, but this is war and it requires latitude.

[syriacus]

Bookmarked.

[talleyman]

Don't read too much into this - they're just retaliating against him because their pizza was cold, wrong & late. It's just a domino effect...

[amom]

Time for a review.